slime mould and survival

Organisation and governance of post 14

I love the idea. Metaphors - Images are so strong and so powerful and somehow they seem to nest themselves to easily in my mind.

• the skunk and the chameleon. 
• and today - organisation and governance in post 14

the metaphors of a marine biologist: 

• the spinning top
• the sponge 
• or slime mould

the first two retain their shape despite the impact of their environment. The top spins on a single axis. There is the sense of dynamism, of activity, you pull the string and away it goes, its almost exciting - it's centrifugal force is what keeps it going, going around a pre-defined point. 

The sponge - may be passed through a sieve. May apparently disintegrate - but at the end of it - will reform in exactly the same form it was before. 

Only the slime mould actually changes shape and form. It remains slime mould but its form - is different. 

And so members of the audience laughed - you have got us to admit that we want to become slime mould. Since this is the survivalist strategy.